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Angatuba State Forest
The Angatuba State Forest ( pt, Floresta Estadual de Angatuba is a state forest in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Location The Angatuba State Forest is in the municipality of Angatuba in the state of São Paulo. It has an area of . The terrain is moderately hilly. The climate is warm, with a dry winter. Temperatures range from with an average of . Vegetation includes fragments of seasonal forest, with 80% of the area used for experimental plantings of exotic and native species. History The Angatuba State Forest was created by state governor decree 44.489 of 5 January 1965. The forest contains the Angatuba Ecological Station The Angatuba Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica de Angatuba) is an ecological station in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Location The Angatuba Ecological Station is in the municipality of Angatuba in the state of São Paulo. It has ..., a strictly protected area created in 1985. Notes Sources * * {{authority control 1965 establis ...
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Angatuba
Angatuba is a Brazilian municipality in the state of São Paulo. The population is 25,479 (2020 est.) in an area of 1028 km². The highway Rodovia Raposo Tavares passes south of the city. There is controversy about the meaning of the name ''Angatuba''. It is a Tupi-Guarani word for "house of spirits" or "sweet fruit".IBGE
history
Angatuba was founded in 1872, under the name ''Espírito Santo da Boa Vista''. It became a town (''vila'') and an independent municipality in 1885, when it was separated from Itapetininga. It was elevated to a city (''cidade'') in 1906. The name was changed to ''Angatuba'' in 1908. In 1991 Campina do Monte Alegre was separated from A ...
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State Forest (Brazil)
A state forest ( pt, Floresta Estadual, FES) in Brazil is a type of sustainable use protected area managed at the state level. The primary purpose is sustainable exploitation of the forest, subject to various limits. These include a requirement to preserve at least 50% of the original forest, to preserve forest along watercourses and on steep slopes, and so on. Definition The concept of the State Forest originated with the 1934 Forest Code. It is equivalent to a national forest, but is administered at the state level. It is an area with forest cover of predominantly native species and has the basic objective of the sustainable multiple use of forest resources and scientific research, with emphasis on methods for sustainable exploitation of native forests. The forest is publicly owned and any private lands in its boundaries are expropriated when it is formed. Indigenous populations may remain in the forest. Public visits are allowed, and research is encouraged, subject to the rules ...
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São Paulo (state)
São Paulo () is one of the Federative units of Brazil, 26 states of the Brazil, Federative Republic of Brazil and is named after Paul of Tarsus, Saint Paul of Tarsus. A major industrial complex, the state has 21.9% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 33.9% of Brazil's GDP. São Paulo also has the List of Brazilian federative units by Human Development Index, second-highest Human Development Index (HDI) and GDP per capita, the List of Brazilian states by infant mortality, fourth-lowest infant mortality rate, the List of Brazilian states by life expectancy, third-highest life expectancy, and the List of Brazilian states by literacy rate, third-lowest rate of illiteracy among the federative units of Brazil. São Paulo alone is wealthier than Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Bolivia combined. São Paulo is also the world's twenty-eighth-most populous Administrative division, sub-national entity and the most populous sub-national entity in the Americas. With more than 4 ...
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Angatuba Ecological Station
The Angatuba Ecological Station ( pt, Estação Ecológica de Angatuba) is an ecological station in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Location The Angatuba Ecological Station is in the municipality of Angatuba in the state of São Paulo. It has an area of . It is within the Angatuba State Forest. The terrain is hilly, with altitudes from . History The ESEC was created by decree 23.790 of 13 August 1985 in state-owned land in the Angatuba municipality. The purpose was to protect existing ecosystems, fauna and flora, and to support educational and scientific activities. It is managed by the Instituto Florestal of São Paulo. Environment The station contains a significant remnant of cerrado vegetation and forest at the southern limit of this type of biome. The cerrado is in contact with Atlantic Forest. It has a complex ecosystem of vital importance as a refuge for animals in danger of extinction. The vegetation consists of remnants of semideciduous forest in various stages of ...
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1965 Establishments In Brazil
Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson, sworn in for a full term as President of the United States. ** Indonesian President Sukarno announces the withdrawal of the Indonesian government from the United Nations. * January 30 – The Death and state funeral of Winston Churchill, state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill takes place in London with the largest assembly of dignitaries in the world until the 2005 funeral of Pope John Paul II. * February 4 – Trofim Lysenko is removed from his post as director of the Institute of Genetics at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academy of Sciences in the Soviet Union. Lysenkoism, Lysenkoist theories are now treated as pseudoscience. * February 12 ** The African and Malagasy Republic, Malagasy Common Organization ('; OCA ...
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State Forests Of Brazil
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Protected Areas Of São Paulo (state)
Protection is any measure taken to guard a thing against damage caused by outside forces. Protection can be provided to physical objects, including organisms, to systems, and to intangible things like civil and political rights. Although the mechanisms for providing protection vary widely, the basic meaning of the term remains the same. This is illustrated by an explanation found in a manual on electrical wiring: Some kind of protection is a characteristic of all life, as living things have evolved at least some protective mechanisms to counter damaging environmental phenomena, such as ultraviolet light. Biological membranes such as bark on trees and skin on animals offer protection from various threats, with skin playing a key role in protecting organisms against pathogens and excessive water loss. Additional structures like scales and hair offer further protection from the elements and from predators, with some animals having features such as spines or camouflage servi ...
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